- Designated a historic landmark in 1992 by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, the building—for many years called the Western Union Building—was a breakthrough hub of worldwide communications during the telegraph era.
- In 1973 Western Union moved its headquarters to New Jersey, and in a fitting arc of symmetry, 60 Hudson was converted into North America's premier carrier hotel, where more than 100 domestic and global telecommunications companies each have a presence and interconnect via the colocation facility's secure-environment meet-me-room.
